Chapter 659: Festive Atmosphere (5000 words) (1/2)

Chapter 659: Festive Atmosphere (5000 words) (1/2)

Time soon came to the day of Lantern Festival.

early morning.

Li Duoyu still likes to squat on the stone strips in front of the courtyard, brushing his teeth and looking into the distance.

Little Tutu also likes to imitate him.

While the two of them were brushing their teeth, they both squatted there. Zhou Xiaoying, who was making breakfast behind her, shook her head and looked speechless.

The two men really look more and more alike, even the sounds they make when gargling are exactly the same.

Little Tutu raised her head and started purring. As a result, she accidentally swallowed all the toothpaste and water, and even burped.

Li Duoyu touched his head and said with a smile, "You kid."

Little Tutu grinned.

Li Duoyu stretched his body. After starting to cultivate kelp on Dandan Island, he always felt that the sea surface looked a little darker and not as blue as before.

And when the sea breeze blows over, there will be a smell of seaweed, but fishermen recently said that there seem to be more marine fish in the offshore waters.

Especially around the kelp breeding area, you can always catch sea fish such as bass and snapper, and even water monkeys.

The water monkeys that the fishermen call are actually sea otters. They have many names for this thing here.

There are water monkeys, water ghosts, and sea wolves. There are so many of them. I remember that I could only see them in the mangroves before.

Kelp farming is not necessarily all bad and environmentally damaging. On the contrary, kelp farming can attract many small fish.

They like to hide in kelp fields to avoid pursuit by natural enemies, which is why there are so many bass near kelp fields.

Because these bass come here to hunt, and the same goes for these sea otters, because kelp is the food of many snails.

Especially for abalone, not all kelp can be hung firmly on the stem rope, and some may fall and sink to the bottom of the sea.

It also attracts a large number of snails, and sea otters especially like to eat all kinds of conch, so they naturally regard the kelp field as their home.

Under normal circumstances, the fishermen would not drive away these sea otters, and some of them caught some bad trash fish.

They will also throw it directly to these sea otters, and compared with dolphins, sea otters are the real monsters.

Some sea otters are so courageous that they dare to climb onto fishermen's boats and steal fish and crabs from their nets.

Zhao Dahai has been scolding these sea otters these days: "I'll give it to you, and I'll bring my children to eat with me."

If he wasn't too busy, Li Duoyu would also like to masturbate. After all, this guy could only be seen in the aquarium in his previous life.

After Li Duoyu brushed his teeth, he had a simple breakfast. Today's breakfast was seafood noodles.

They rarely drink porridge for breakfast here, because if they drink porridge, they won't be full if they really work.

I feel hungry in less than two hours, and I also urinate a lot. Some fishermen who have to do physical work usually eat dry rice, some salted fish, and some rice soup for breakfast.

Li Duoyu’s seafood noodles contain a hard-boiled egg.

Three years ago, this was definitely a luxury. In the past, everyone would raise chickens, usually two or three hens.

After the hens start laying eggs, they can lay about one egg a day. Except for birthdays, everyone is generally reluctant to eat eggs. They usually collect thirty or forty eggs, along with dried seafood, and take them to the market to sell.

Li Duoyu used to steal eggs and was often scolded by his mother. But now, the living conditions in the village have improved, and the eggs are not enough for the villagers. Even his mother's grocery store has begun to sell eggs.

Things like fresh goat milk have become a hot commodity, and you can't buy it without pre-ordering.

And this is what Li Duoyu wants to see the most. Sure enough, instead of telling them, eating less pickled products is not good for your health.

It is better to let them make money directly. Once people have money in their pockets, they will naturally understand what is good and what is bad.

If you are still struggling with food and clothing, who cares about whether the food is good or not? As long as it can fill your stomach, it is already good.

In addition to the huge improvements in food, the lives of the villagers in Xiasha Village have also been enriched.

This year the village committee held a lantern riddle guessing activity, and the host was teacher Zhou Xiaoying. As the main sponsor, Minlong Company sponsored a color TV and a two-tube washing machine.

As the special prize and the first prize, Lao Lu, as the boss, also sponsored a Minjiang brand sewing machine amidst the scolding.

Most of the lantern riddle prizes are sponsored by villagers, and there are more than 30 prizes in total.

On this day, the village radio kept broadcasting, and Uncle Mao seemed particularly happy when he read this radio.

[Happy Lantern Festival to all villagers. This year our village is holding a Lantern Festival riddle guessing activity. The special prize is a Furi brand color TV, the first prize is a Narcissus brand two-tube washing machine, as well as a sewing machine and a Yanwu cassette player. The prizes are very rich. The lantern riddle activity will officially start at 7 p.m. Please attend on time. 】

The radio broadcast was broadcast many times in a row, and many villagers became excited. The village had not held a lantern riddle guessing activity for I don’t know how many years.

The last time we did this kind of activity was during the time when we were eating big pot rice. The older generation still remembers that the gifts seemed to be Jiefang shoes and water bottles.

Nowadays, color TVs and washing machines are actually given directly, and everyone can't help but thank Li Duoyu.

Some villagers are very anxious and want it, but they find that their stomachs are empty of ink and they don’t know how to supplement their knowledge of lantern riddles.

An old man wearing reading glasses took out a yellowed "Encyclopedia of Lantern Riddles" and read it carefully.

There was a smile of victory on his face, as if this special prize was already in his possession.

On this day, mobile vendors came over after smelling the smell. This time, the vendors selling braised food and tofu pudding did not come.

However, many sellers of balloons, lanterns, popcorn and glutinous rice cakes came, and they were also very interested in the lantern riddle activities in Xiasha Village.

A vendor selling balloons couldn't help but sigh: "Your village is so nice. I really want to move to your village."

Li Duoyu, who was buying balloons, said with a smile: "It can be moved. There will be a new area on Dandan Island next year. As long as you submit an application to the village committee of Xiasha Village, you will have the opportunity to move in."

"Really or not, after moving in, can I work at Minlong Company?"

Li Duoyu frowned slightly: "This is difficult to explain. In short, as long as you are talented, the probability of passing is still relatively high."

"Then I'm definitely hopeless."

"Hahaha." Li Duoyu laughed and bought some balloons for little Tutu to play with.

It's not yet evening, and a large number of villagers have gathered in the village square. Some come to participate in guessing lantern riddles, and some come to join in the fun.

As soon as it got dark, someone set off fireworks, and at about seven o'clock, Zhou Xiaoying stood on the podium wearing relatively formal clothes.

His partner was the village party secretary Chen Jianghe. The two introduced the event and the rules of guessing lantern riddles.

Chen Jianghe joked: "Madam boss, would you like to ask if the lantern riddle today is difficult?"

"Don't call me boss lady, just call me Teacher Zhou."

"Half of the prizes here are sponsored by your husband. I don't call you boss lady. It feels a bit unreasonable. Everyone, please tell me."

"Yes, Teacher Zhou is our boss lady."

"The boss lady."

Zhou Xiaoying's cheeks were slightly red, but she did not continue to answer the question and continued: "Riddles are about fate. It does not mean that if you read more books, you will be able to guess the riddles accurately. Some of our riddles are very down-to-earth. Maybe we fishermen and Those who farm will have an advantage.”

"Also, even those who don't know how to read can participate. You can come directly and ask the staff, and they will tell you in local dialect."

Xiao Tutu sat on Li Duoyu's shoulders, looked at Zhou Xiaoying on the stage and couldn't help but said: "Mom, you look good today."

Li Duoyu frowned and said, "If you want to pee later, you must tell me in advance."

"I got it, Dad."

After the event started, tables were placed on both sides of the square. The lantern riddles were all written on red paper and black and placed on the table.

Each lantern riddle has a number on it. The rules of the event are: one point is calculated for each lantern riddle solved. The person with the highest points in this event can win the special prize, and the person ranked second will win the first prize.

As long as someone can solve it, they can go to the stage and tell the answer according to the number above.

If you answer correctly, you will get one point and the corresponding numbered riddle will be recovered.

After the event started, Li Yaoguo, who was still watching TV at home, was rushed to the square by Zhu Xiuhua.

Li Yaoguo looked reluctant: "Our family now has a color TV and a washing machine, so we don't have to compete with others."

Zhu Xiuhua hummed: "It's not like there are too many things. When the time comes, if you really win, we can sell the color TV to others."

Li Yaoguo was a little speechless. He thought she would give the color TV to her parents. Unexpectedly, she actually wanted to sell it for money.

Li Haoran, who came home from vacation, was frowning at a lantern riddle numbered 25.

[A horse has four legs, no tail, and no mouth. When someone rides it, it won’t move. It won’t eat or drink.]

As soon as he guessed what it was, unexpectedly, on the stage, a student named Zhang Siyu took the microphone and replied: "Teacher Zhou, the answer to the riddle number 25, I think it should be a stool."

After Zhang Siyu told the answer, everyone suddenly realized that these lantern riddles were not particularly difficult, and many of them were very close to life.

Zhou Xiaoying said with a smile: "Congratulations, Siyu, you got the answer right. The answer to the riddle is indeed a stool. You get one point."

Li Haoran frowned. He had just figured out the answer, but unexpectedly, someone else answered him.

He doesn't know how to read, but he is actually quite good at guessing riddles. I wanted to show everyone another side of myself.

Li Haoran was really annoyed with this guy named Zhang Siyu. He always felt that at the critical moment, he would come and interfere with him.

As the event started, more and more people guessed the lantern riddles, and there were even people lining up on the podium.

Even the host Chen Jianghe ran to guess lantern riddles and spoke to Zhou Xiaoying with the microphone.

"The riddle of No. 10. There are many brothers in the family, sitting side by side. Whoever comes in the door will not be let go. I guess it must be the teeth."

"And number 21, it should be Butterfly."

Zhou Xiaoying joked: "As the host, why are you trying to guess lantern riddles?"

"The host also needs to feel involved."

Zhou Xiaoying said with a smile: "Please rest assured that we did not cheat. All the lantern riddles were created by me, so none of my family members can participate in the lantern riddle contest."

As for the old man who had been watching the "Encyclopedia of Lantern Riddles" all day, he was dumbfounded when he saw the exquisite lantern riddles in front of him.

He had read so many lantern riddles, but none of them were the same. Looking at the lantern riddles in front of him, he wiped the sweat from his forehead. Maybe it was because he had read too many lantern riddles.

At this moment, he couldn't guess any of the lantern riddles. Instead, the only ones who could guess the lantern riddles were either children or people who didn't read much.

There are even some people who have not graduated from night school and cannot read a word of Chinese characters, but they can actually guess the answer after being relayed by others.

As there were fewer and fewer lantern riddles on site, everyone was getting into a state of anxiety. The girl with the most points so far was the girl named Zhang Siyu.

To everyone's surprise, the second ranked person was actually Li Haoran, which made Zhu Xiuhua very excited.

At the same time, he looked at Li Yaoguo with disdain: "I only read newspapers all day long, but in the end I asked you to guess lantern riddles, and you couldn't guess any of them. You're not as good as our Haoran."

Li Yaoguo was also surprised. He always felt that apart from being unable to read, his children seemed to have some strengths in other areas.

Zhu Xiuhua also guessed the lantern riddles very seriously. She skipped the ones like (typing an idiom) because she didn't know many idioms at all.

She was always looking for something. At this moment, she frowned at a lantern riddle. Although she couldn't understand all the words on it, Li Yaoguo had just translated it into the local dialect for him.

[Tall buildings are built with single logs, without tiles or bricks. When people walk under the water, the water flows above them. 】

After Zhu Xiuhua read it several times in the local dialect, she suddenly understood it and said excitedly in his ear: "No. 18 is an umbrella, it is an umbrella. Go tell Haoran quickly so that he can tie for first place."

But what everyone didn't expect was that after Chen Jianghe came on stage, he answered nearly two riddles in one go, and also answered Zhu Xiuhua's riddle.

Her face turned black with anger, and she couldn't help but cursed: "Chen Jianghe, do you know the answer? Why do you answer so many questions every time? How dare you compete with a child for a prize?"

As the host, Chen Jianghe hummed: "Teacher Zhou's character is guaranteed. This time, everyone will guess the lantern riddles according to their own abilities. There is nothing to be embarrassed about."

But what he didn't expect was that just as he was answering Zhu Xiuhua, the girl named Zhang Siyu answered two more lantern riddles and overtook him again.

At the end of the entire event, it became four people competing for four important awards, and everyone watched with interest.

He even formed a clique and told them the answers he had guessed. In this atmosphere, Li Yaoguo spared no effort to support the chubby Li Haoran.

On the village committee side, many people supported Chen Jianghe, but each of the following lantern puzzles became more difficult than the last.

They are all word puzzles and idiom puzzles.

This does not have a big advantage for adults. On the contrary, students who are studying have a very big advantage.

Zhang Siyu's family members saw that she was currently ranked first and kept shouting: "Xiaoyu, come on, as long as one more correct answer is given, we will win."

Li Duoyu glanced at her. This was the first time he saw Zhang Siyu's family being so kind to her.

It can only be said that the family of origin really matters. Even if she wins a color TV, she will probably be sold by her parents.

The entire Lantern Festival was filled with an atmosphere called "Spring Festival", and at the end of the event, Zhang Siyu successfully won the special prize.

Her father hugged her directly and threw her high, and the girl also showed a rare happy smile.

"Congratulations to Zhang Siyu for winning the special prize of this round of lantern riddle quiz with a score of 8 points and a Furi color TV."

"Congratulations to Chen Jianghe for winning the first prize of this round of lantern riddle quiz with a score of 7 points and a washing machine."

When Zhou Xiaoying presented the award, some villagers couldn't help but said: "Zhishu Chen, what kind of washing machine do you need to live alone?"

As the host, Chen Jianghe hummed: "You also know that I live alone. I'm not like you. No one washes my clothes. I wash them all myself. The well water is so cold that I freeze in winter." I have frostbite.”

"It's not easy. Just find someone in the village to bathe for you."

"You have no chance. Your village party secretary has a partner, and he still works in the county committee."

"Cut~~"

In fact, even if Chen Jianghe won this washing machine, he would not want to keep it for himself and planned to honor his future mother-in-law.

Zhou Xiaoying continued:

"Congratulations to Li Haoran for winning the third prize of this round of lantern riddle quiz with a score of 5 points and a sewing machine."

"The fourth place will receive a Yanwu cassette player."

"Finally, as long as anyone guesses the lantern riddle, we will give a reward. If you get two points, you will be rewarded with a school bag and a set of stationery. If you get one point, you will be rewarded with a set of stationery."

"This lantern riddle activity ends here. Thank you everyone for your participation."

After Chen Jianghe took the microphone, he continued: "Finally, I would like to thank Director Li Duoyu, our largest sponsor of the lantern riddles this time, and thank the boss lady for her strong support. I hope that the same event can be held next year."

After Chen Jianghe finished speaking, the audience burst into warm applause.

Some villagers also shouted: "It must be done. Next year, if I make money raising kelp, I will also sponsor it."

The atmosphere of this Lantern Festival was very good. At the end of the event, someone set off fireworks at Thean Hou Temple.

Everyone in the village was having a good time today, except the old man wearing reading glasses who was sighing.

His grandson followed him and comforted him: "Grandpa, we are just unlucky. We almost guessed a few of them right."

The old man felt that he should not rely too much on the answers. The most important thing about lantern riddles was inspiration.

Li Duoyu shook the little Tutu sitting on his shoulder, and wanted to ask him to watch the fireworks in the sky.

Unexpectedly, he hugged Li Duoyu's head and fell asleep, and even the fireworks couldn't wake him up.

At this moment, Li Duoyu had a bad premonition and was about to hold him in his arms, but it was too late.

The moment he felt the warmth in his upper body, Li Duoyu immediately went home without waiting for Teacher Zhou. (End of this chapter)